How To Install r-cran-rstantools on Debian 12

Learn how to install r-cran-rstantools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. r-cran-rstantools is tools for developing GNU R packages interfacing with Stan

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rstantools on Debian 12.

What is r-cran-rstantools

r-cran-rstantools is:

Provides various tools for developers of R packages interfacing with ‘Stan’ http://mc-stan.org, including functions to set up the required package structure, S3 generics and default methods to unify function naming across ‘Stan’-based R packages, and vignettes with recommendations for developers.

There are three methods to install r-cran-rstantools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install r-cran-rstantools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rstantools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-rstantools

Install r-cran-rstantools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rstantools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-rstantools

Install r-cran-rstantools Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-rstantools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-rstantools

How To Uninstall r-cran-rstantools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the r-cran-rstantools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-rstantools

Uninstall r-cran-rstantools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-rstantools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-rstantools

Remove r-cran-rstantools Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-rstantools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-rstantools

Remove r-cran-rstantools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-rstantools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-rstantools

Dependencies

r-cran-rstantools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-rstantools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.